About the Authors

Fei Zhao

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Shiming Cheng

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Guangxue He

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Fei Huang

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Hui Zhang

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Biao Xu

Affiliation School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Tonderayi C. Murimwa

Affiliation AIDS & Tuberculosis Unit, Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Harare, Zimbabwe

Jun Cheng

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Dongmei Hu

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Lixia Wang

wanglx@chinatb.org

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZF WLX CSM HGX ZH XB. Performed the experiments: ZF. Analyzed the data: ZF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZF HF CJ HDM. Wrote the manuscript: ZF XB MT CJ HDM.